Migratory Shorebirds of Australia
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37 species of shorebird migrate regularly to Australia and New Zealand for their non-breeding season, and breed in the northern hemisphere. This southern habitat is particularly significant as it is where these birds spend the greatest portion of the year. The route they take between their breeding and non-breeding grounds twice annually is called the East-Asian Australasian Flyway. These species are:
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Lesser Sand Plover (Endangered)
Greater Sand Plover (Vulnerable)
Oriental Plover
Latham’s Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe’s Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit (Vulnerable)
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew (Critically Endangered)
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Asian Dowitcher
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Long-toed Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Ruff
Red-necked Phalarope
Oriental Pratincole
Little Stint
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Lesser Sand Plover (Endangered)
Greater Sand Plover (Vulnerable)
Oriental Plover
Latham’s Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe’s Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit (Vulnerable)
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew (Critically Endangered)
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Asian Dowitcher
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Long-toed Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Ruff
Red-necked Phalarope
Oriental Pratincole
Little Stint